Dr Claudia Gastrow

The Aesthetics of Belonging: Building Politics in Luanda

Funding period: 1 October 2021 – 31 December 2021
Type of funding: International Fellowship

Dr Claudia Gastrow is a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Johannesburg and an Iso Lomso Fellow at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies. Her work studies the intersection of politics, urbanism and the built environment in southern and Lusophone Africa, with a specific focus on questions of urban planning, architecture, and place-making.. During her fellowship she will be a visiting scholar with the Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative under the guidance of Professor Bruno Carvalho.

Profile | cgastrow@uj.ac.za | @cgastrow